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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield site is real
property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
which may be complicated by the presence or potential
presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or con-
taminant. On January 11, 2002, President George W.
Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants,
cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally,
funding support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
was selected to receive a revolving loan fund grant.
The state, with a population of almost 10 million, has a
number of designated Enterprise Communities, Re-
newal Communities, and an Empowerment Zone.
Decades of industry and manufacturing have left many
properties degraded and contaminated with heavy
metals and other hazardous substances. Brownfields
problems are spread throughout the towns and villages
of Michigan, many resulting from the secondary
manufacturing processes of the state's larger indus-
tries. Target communities in the state's existing
revolving loan program include many small, rural
Revolving Loan Fund
Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality for a brownfields revolv-
ing loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
Department of Environmental Quality will
provide loans and subgrants to conduct cleanup
activities. These funds will target small and
economically distressed communities similar to
the 18 communities that are part of the existing
Michigan Revitalization Revolving Loan program.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information,
brownfields news and events, and publications
and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality
517-241-8707
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has not
received brownfields grant funding.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
communities, such as Pinconning and Ishpeming.
Many of these communities have unemployment rates
of 10 to 15 percent. Michigan's existing revolving loan
program has leveraged an estimated $67 million in
private investment and created 252 new jobs. The
additional $1 million is expected to leverage $12.4
million and could create 46 new jobs.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-132
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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